Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 00:42:25 -0400 (EDT) From: jan@bagend.atl.ga.us (Jan Isley) To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: basic no network setup question Message-ID: <m0sYnRJ-0004pHC@bagend.atl.ga.us> In-Reply-To: <199507180121.KAA04531@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Jul 18, 95 10:51:38 am
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Michael Smith wrote:
> resolv.conf is described in the 'resolver' manual page; it points to
> local nameservers. No, what you did with /etc/host.conf is correct, with
> a hosttable-only configuration like yours you don't want to try looking
> for a nameserver.
Okay, I bought Nemeth, the red book, and a light is slowly starting
to shine. :) As I read things so far, *if* I had a /etc/resolv.conf
it should be empty?
> One of the most trying things with a BSD unix is getting it to be happy
> without a network 8)
Would *BSD be happier without a NIC card at all, or with one that was
not connected to anyone else? Or equally unhappy either way? ;)
--
Jan Isley Nothing is permanent. Everything Changes.
jan@bagend.atl.ga.us That's the one thing we know for sure in this world.
But I'm still going to gripe about it. -- Calvin
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